Thursday, August 30, 2007

Twelve elected Burmese MPs stage peaceful protest

Twelve elected members of parliament staged a peaceful protest in Mandalay this afternoon in a show of solidarity with the detained leaders of the 88 Generation Students group.

The NLD members, who were elected in 1990, marched from the Mandalay NLD headquarters through the streets between 1:30pm and 2:30pm until heavy rain forced them to turn back.

Protester and member of parliament U Tin Aung told DVB this afternoon that the group also called on the military to work to reduce commodity and fuel prices and for Burmese citizens to express their dissatisfaction with the government.

“We are peacefully walking to reflect people’s suffering over consumer goods and petrol price hikes, high taxation and to show our solidarity with people suffering,” U Tin Aung said.

“We are requesting the government to lower petrol prices and would like to appeal to the people to show their suffering bravely,” he said.

Elected members of parliament U Bo Zan, U Tin Aung Aung, U Htin Kyaw, U Maung Maung Than, U Tin Cho Oo, Dr Thein Lwin, U Maung Maung Lay, Daw Ohn Kyi, U Paw Khin, U Maung Maung Win, U Than Lwin and U Bo Zan took part in the protest.

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